Month: May 2020

At Louisiana State University, part of the students’ training for wildlife management careers includes a unique professional development opportunity: hunting. “The hunting experience is transformative for our students, resulting in...

Polar bears that have been tracked for decades in Western Hudson Bay have increased stress levels in years with the warming climate, a new study shows. This research adds to...

When researcher Magdalena Lenda was spending long evenings at Australian University, far from her home in Poland, she often waited for her family back home to wake up so she...

As beaches reopen to the public, piping plovers are also returning. In Maine, they’re having a record year, continuing a steady upswing. Maine Audubon reports seeing 100 pairs and 61...

The Wildlife Society is seeking design submissions for the 2021 Annual Conference Logo Contest. The logo is an important part of the conference, which will be held in Baltimore, Maryland,...

Nearly 80 members of Congress wrote to House leadership last week to request that forthcoming stimulus legislation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic include a “Restoration and Resilience Jobs” title...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has added  a distinct population of fishers (Pekania pennanti) in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California to the list of endangered species under...

Dutch authorities suspect a mink has transmitted the novel coronavirus to a worker at a mink farm in the Netherlands. If confirmed, it would be the first clear evidence of...

It will take 15-18 years to reduce the current population of over 95,000 wild horses and burros to the appropriate management level of about 26,715 animals and doing so will...

The Native Student Professional Development Program provides Native American students with the opportunity to attend The Wildlife Society’s Annual Conference, the largest gathering of wildlife professionals in North America. Now...